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Saturday, August 24, 1963

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The Headlines

ANTI-U.S. FEELING RISES IN VIETNAM AS UNREST GROWS; Nhu's Power in Regime Gains --Harder Line Toward Washington Is Feared 30 DEATHS REPORTED Troops Arrest Professors and May Seize Students to Avert a Rebellion Killing at Hue Indicated Regime Accuses Reds Anti-American Feeling Grows in Vietnam After Regime Acts Against Buddhists SAIGON STUDENTS REPORTED UNEASY Humiliation of U.S. Citizens Continues as Nhu Gains Power in Government Mrs. Nhu Exuberant Humiliations Continue Lodge Sees Two Buddhists

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The must-have

Easy-Bake Oven

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

bummerfoxhunkscam

Hippie

flower powergroovyheavyout of sightright on

Surfer

cowabungahang tenwipe outgnarly

Catchphrases of 1963

  • I have a dream

Tech Check

Touch-Tone Phone, Computer Mouse (Prototype) & Instant Replay.

Cost of Living (1960)

Loaf of Bread

$0.20

Gallon of Gas

$0.31

Average Home

$11,900

New Car

$2,600

Time Elapsed

22,931 days ago

(62 years, 301 days)